Overshoe



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP LONG, OF PERRYSVILLE, OHIO.

OVERSHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 895,338, dated January1, 1889.

Application filed July 11, 1887. Renewed August 25,1883. Serial No.283,794. (No model.)

To (all, whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP LONG, of Perrysville, in the county ofAshland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Over-shoes; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same.

Myinvent-ion relates to overshoes, and more particularly to devices forsecuring overshoes to the shoe or boot over which they are worn.

It is well known that overshoes unprovided with fastening devices areliable to become loose and drop off; and the object of my invention isto provide a reliable inexpensive fastening whereby the heel of theovershoe may be securely attached to the heel of the boot or shoe withinit.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinationof parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of ashoe and overshoe with my improvements applied to the latter. Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 shows the fastening device detached,and Fig. I illustrates a modification.

A represents the shoe or boot upon which the overshoe is worn.

B indicates the overshoe, and C the securing device, consisting of aplate, D, formed at one end with loops or eyes (Z, adapted to serve asbearings for the studs or pins 2 of a tongue,E.

F represents a spring secured at one end to the under side of the plateD, and formed at its opposite end with a lug,f, adapted to bear againstthe lower or pivoted end of the tongue E. This tongue is provided atabout its center with a pin, G, which is adapted to pass through anopening, g, in the back of the overshoe and into a hole, a, in the heelof the inner shoe. The plate Dis secured between the layers of the heelof the overshoe, so that only the eyes d and the free end of the springF project. The tongue is adapted to be turned to a horizontal positionin putting on and in taking off the shoe, and to facilitate its movementits upper end is bent outwardly to form a flange-piece, e. After theovershoe is in place upon the shoe, the tongue is turned up to avertical position, so that its pin will enter the openin g and a. Thespring F holds the tongue firmly in place.

It is obvious that the fastening device may be varied in itsconstruction and application, and I have shown in Fig. 4 a differentform of the device.

In Fig. 4 is shown a plate and tongue formed in a single piece, thetongue having sufficient resiliency to enable it to be drawn away fromthe heel of the overshoe while the latter is being put on or taken off.The tongue has a pin, G, to enter the holes of the shoe, as describedabove.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with an overshoe, of the plate provided with a springand a tongue pivoted to. the plate, said tongue having a pin adapted toenter ahole in the heel of the boot or shoe upon which the overshoe isworn, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

PHILIP LONG.

Vitn esses:

E. MILLIGAN, PAUL OLIVER.

